Bringing in shipped eggs

Looking for any and all advise on hatching shipped eggs. I'm bringing in 2 dozen BCM hatching eggs from bulbsoffire.com from Ontario. They are being shipped out Monday and are coming by Canada Post Xpresspost (supposedly in 2 days). Having never brought in shipped eggs before, I want to do all I can to increase their chances of hatching. I understand that I should leave them for awhile before putting them in the incubator. How long do you recommend? Should I lay them flat or with pointy end down for this "resting" period. Any other advise welcome!!

Excited but nervous! Really hoping for a few good chicks to introduce new blood to my line.

I have heard to have them 'rest' for 24 hours before putting in the incubator.
Keep them pointy side down.
I have only had eggs shipped a few times, and I don't think I waited the full 24 hours, and had good hatches.

With the hot weather, I would be more concerned about them beginning too hot.

Don't expect more than 50 percent hatch rate; at least that's my impression for shipped eggs.

Dislodged air sacs are a big problem with shipped eggs. We have discussed the various causes, but have no firm answer as to why they do this.

When I have eggs where the air bubble rolls around all over the place inside them, I hatch them in little paper tubes. Propped up like in an egg cup. I do not lay them on their side and turn them, but prop them up and rotate the fat end, pointing to the left one time, the right the next.

As Cathy said, fingers crossed but don't expect 100%. Have fun!

Resting the eggs for 24 hours is the usual practice. You should also candle as the air cells are often broken in transit. Some will try hatch the eggs with broken air cells sitting upright (pointed end down) in egg cartons rather than just laying in the hatcher.

Thanks for the advise. I will try to candle them but don't know how dark they will be and how well I'll be able to see through them. I'll be happy just to get a few good chicks. Initially I was only going to get one dozen but decided on two to give a better chance on getting a few.

Another question: How long do you recommend cooling the eggs each day? I haven't had a turner in my hovabator so always just cooled the eggs while turned them three times a day. I have these eggs divided between my Brinsea and a borrowed hovabator with automatic turner so I do not have to open them to turn the eggs. Just wondering what others do about cooling their hatching eggs.